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Military service
Service number:
85338
Age:
42
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Field Artillery
Division:
2nd Bde.
Birth:
South Shields, England
Death:
September 14, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. W. 11.
Additional information
Son of John and Mary Jane Metcalfe; husband of Susannah Metcalfe (nee Wright), of Verda Cottage, East Boldon, Co. Durham. Born at South Shields.
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 135 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BECOURT MILITARY CEMETERY Somme, France
Becourt is in the Department of the Somme, 2 kilometres on the east side of Albert. The BECOURT MILITARY CEMETERY is on the south side of the road from Becourt to Albert.
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